Learning to be Old
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Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret CruikshankMilder forms of depression are easily dismissed as natural to aging (Moore, Prescription, 201). Old women are especially at risk for having treatable symptoms attributed to aging itself. Alcohol and tobacco interact with prescription ...
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Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret CruikshankGibson, Diane. “Broken Down by Age and Gender: The 'Problem of Older Women' Redefined.” Gender and Society 10, no. 4 (1996): 433–48. Gibson, Rose Campbell. “Reconceptualizing Retirement for Black Americans.” In Worlds of Difference: ...
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Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret CruikshankI thank my women's studies colleagues , especially Ann Schonberger and Mazie Hough of the University of Maine , for their support . I am indebted to my editor at Rowman & Littlefield ...
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Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret Cruikshank... and informal care for disabled or old lesbians is common both in rural areas and in cities (Barker, 65–66). Studies of aging sexual minorities have become more numerous and detailed since 2004. Although they are illuminating, ...
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Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret Cruikshank, University of Maine Women's StudiesIn this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives to the ways aging is usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream gerontology.
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Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
By Margaret CruikshankIn this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives to the ways aging is usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream gerontology.